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Thursday, 19 July 2018

Harvest time at the Adult Learning Service

Over the last few months a group of volunteers from Wheel Meet Again and I have been working tirelessly to make the Granby Adult Learning Service garden a relaxing green space for learners and staff. The fantastic volunteers are starting to see the fruits of their labours.

There are three beds altogether. One has our fruits and veggies like courgettes, beetroot, tomatoes, chilis, peas and radishes (the ALS cafe are already using these as ingredients for their dishes!).

Another has our herbs, which are free for anyone to take leaves from to add some kick to their meals. The final bed is for wildflowers, which have mostly annuals like cornflowers and borage, but also biennials like foxgloves which are lying in wait until next year when they'll produce amazing towers of flowers!

Our Achievements

2017: Stop Loan Sharks one of only 8 organisations awarded a project grant, from over 150 applicants2017: MRWA Community Fund project 'Recycle L1578' funded2017: VOLA Consortium Member for Toxteth in the successful BBO-Include IT project2017: LCC Capacity Builders for a second year2017: Youth Providers Consortium re-selected to manage the annual grant programme2016: OFSTED rated 'Good' for community learning for Liverpool Adult Learning Service2016: Community Learning and Employability Skills Programme awarded by Liverpool Adult Learning Service2016: Youth Providers Consortium selected to manage the annual grant programme2016: LCC Capacity Builders awarded to develop and share learning with smaller third sector organisations2015: Financial Health Grade 'Outstanding' assessed by Skills Funding Agency2015: Community Learning and Employability Skills Programme awarded by Liverpool Adult Learning Service2014: Community Learning Programme one of a small number of project awarded a contract by Liverpool Adult Learning Service2014: Neighbourhood Recycling Projectthe only Liverpool neighbourhood project to be supported by the Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority2014: Accredited Skills Training one of 4 organisations awarded a contract by Liverpool Adult Learning Service2014: Specialist Digital Skills Programme one of only 8 UKonline Centres projects in the country2013: Community Learning Programme one of 6 organisations awarded a contract by Liverpool Adult Learning Service2013: Community Capacity Builders one of only 22 UKonline Centres projects in the country2012: Communities Living Sustainably one of only 12 Big Lottery projects in the country